Google’s DeepMind has just unveiled Perch 2.0 , its most advanced bioacoustics AI model revolutionizing wildlife conservation by analyzing massive audio data to track endangered species.

Perch 2.0 builds on the original version launched in 2023, now featuring a far broader training set that spans bird, mammal, amphibian vocalizations, and even human‑made noise. It is also better suited for challenging environments such as coral reefs and marine soundscapes.

The model is trained using a supervised learning approach incorporating prototype‑based classification and self‑distillation, which yields state‑of‑the‑art species recognition results and powerful embeddings for further machine learning tasks.

The original Perch model saw over 250 000 downloads and has helped accelerate studies on sp

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